Black Snake Moan soundtrack

A darkly modern tale of love, betrayal, sex, and salvation set in the Deep South: Such is Craig Brewer’s Black Snake Moan, starring Samuel L. Jackson, Christina Ricci, and Justin Timberlake, set for release by Paramount Vantage on February 16th, 2007. Constructing the movie's musical scenes, Scott Bomar, the film's music supervisor (he also scored Hustle & Flow), paired Jackson’s voice with musicianship from players like Alvin Youngblood Hart, Kenny Brown, Big Jack Johnson, and Jason Freeman, parlaying blues classics like the raucously vulgar "Stack-O-Lee" and, of course, "Black Snake Moan," into sinister, 21st century laments. While the Black Snake Moan soundtrack presents the best musical moments of the movie, as a stand-alone document, its seventeen tracks weave together a raw depiction of today's North Mississippi scene: a little bit country, and a little bitrock'n'roll, both built on a bedrock of primitive blues. "It's the real deal – infectious music that's made for dancing and drinking and having a good time," says Bomar, leader of Memphis-based bands Impala and the Bo-Keys and musical contributor to such feature films as Confessions of A Dangerous Mind and Way of the Gun.